Korea Joongang Daily on MSN

Deadly expressway bridge collapse spotlights systemic safety failures at Korean construction sites

The recent collapse at a bridge construction site on the Sejong-Pocheon Expressway is just the latest in an unfortunate ...
Daily Camera

Opinion: Michael J. Chajes: Failure of Francis Scott Key Bridge provides future engineers a chance to learn how to better protect the public

The cargo ship collision that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore on March 26, 2024, is raising questions about just how much engineers can do to prevent such catastrophes from ...
Scientific American

Baltimore Bridge Collapse Will Teach Engineers to Build Safer Infrastructure

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. The cargo ship collision that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge in ...
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Rhode Island sues 13 companies over Washington Bridge failure

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island has filed a lawsuit against 13 companies over the failure of the Washington Bridge, alleging they failed to identify and address “worsening structural issues” ...
The Baltimore Sun

NTSB: Key Bridge collapse was entirely ‘preventable,’ citing ship failures and missing worker warning system

The collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge after it was struck by a massive container ship was preventable, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday, pointing to factors large and small ...
The Daily Gazette

Not the first failure for designer of Slingerlands bridge

MJ Engineering and Landscaping designed a 2002 bridge that failed during construction in Marcy SLINGERLANDS – When the new rail trail bridge in Slingerlands buckled and failed while being installed ...
AOL

Forensic report on Washington Bridge failure coming weeks later than anticipated. Here's why.

PROVIDENCE − Don't expect the release this week of the "forensic analysis" that was commissioned to answer the big unanswered questions about how the westbound span of the Washington Bridge ...
WPRI 12

Under oath, Alviti blames contractors for missing Washington Bridge failure

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Rhode Island’s former top federal prosecutor grilled R.I. Department of Transportation Director Peter Alviti at length on Thursday over the failure of the westbound ...
The Baltimore Sun

‘A cascade of failures’ contributed to rare, catastrophic Key Bridge collapse

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Everything went wrong in the exact worst way. For decades, countless ships sailed under the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Each one tacitly presented a threat, ...